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Quote: <BR> <BR>The Oulu-based daily Kaleva reports that the number of inmates living in “monitored freedom” is becoming increasingly common. <BR>“IN 2007, an average of 22 prison inmates a day were living in monitored freedom. In 2008, the number was 50 and the aim is to raise the figure to 100 inmates a day this year. <BR>That goal is challenging, admits Vuokko Karsikas, a specialist at the Criminal Sanctions Agency.” <BR>“According to Karsikas, it was thought that enacting the programme of monitored freedom would reduce the workload of prisons. This is because an inmate living in so-called ‘monitored freedom’ does not have to be looked after 24 hours a day in a prison cell. While this is still true, a lot of effort is required to prepare an inmate for monitored freedom and then to supervise him, which was not taken into account.” <BR>---- <BR> <BR>"For example, the normal skills required for civilian life may have changed or been forgotten, such as preparing food and paying bills. Mobile-phone or credit-card use might also be alien to newly released inmates" <BR> <BR>More at: <BR> <BR><a href="http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/htimes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4857:more-prisoners-participating-in-qmonitored-freedomq-programme&catid=13:finnish-papers&Itemid=159" target=_top>http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/htimes/index.php?optio n=com_content&view=article&id=4857:more-prisoners- participating-in-qmonitored-freedomq-programme&cat id=13:finnish-papers&Itemid=159</a>
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